motherjones.com - 23 days ago
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The emerging favorite Republican tactic for killing reform measures without actually admitting that they want to kill reform is to complain that Democrats are "rushing things." They're not against reform, they just want enough time to do it right. 1 This was the pitch on healthcare reform from ...
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Selective dithering
Political Animal —
... last week. "Wouldn't it be smarter to take our time and do it right?" The same is also true on financial regulation, where Republicans believe it's imperative to ... you guessed it ... show down . "The more time we [take], the more intelligent regulatory process we'll have," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said, "and I hope we'll take until the first quarter of 2010 to actually put something into law." Tim Fernholz ...
Are Democrats 'rushing things'?
Ezra Klein —
... To pretend a bit of naiveté for a second, the people -- some call them "Republicans" -- who keep arguing that the Obama administration is "rushing things" have a really easy way to put an end to it: start cooperating when the Obama administration doesn't rush things. ...
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